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Conservative Estimate

by Josh Marshall
06.11.10 | 7:02 am

Analysts at BofA say a “conservative estimate” for BP’s total liability is $28 billion dollars. That, I think, is what this Chamber of Commerce/Boehner thing is all about. That includes a lot more than the narrow clean-up expenses. And even for BP that’s real money.

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